Copper engraving, original colour, mm 495x580, from 'Novus Atlas'. Matthaeus Seutter (1678-1757), one of the most important and prolific German publishers of the 18th century, after an apprenticeship with Homann in Nuremberg, moved to Augsburg around 1720 where he opened his own business surpassing his master in terms of beauty: his maps always have brilliant colours and elaborate cartouches. From "Atlas novus sive tabulae geographicae totius orbis." Very good example, figured cartouche with title and crowned coats of arms. Bottom right cartouche with scale of miles.